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78 Cards in this Set
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inundate
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flood
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garbled
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confused, mixed up
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sanguine
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optimistic
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phlegmatic
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calm, hard to rouse to action
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corroborate
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confirm, support
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comprehensive
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thorough
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zealous
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enthusiastic
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coerce
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to force
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elapse
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to slip by
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domicile
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occasional
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lax
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careless
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sporadic
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home
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rash
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too hasty
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obviate
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do away with, eliminate
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lurid
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sensational
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quip
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joke
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diatribe
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bitter criticism
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inhibition
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kind, sort
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incoherent
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disjointed
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ilk
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restraint
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prestigious
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illustrious
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placard
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poster
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integral
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essential
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remuneration
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reward, pay
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nominal
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slight
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expunge
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erase
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flamboyant
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showy, colorful
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anathema
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something greatly detested
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schism
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split
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timorous
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fearful
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truncated
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cut short
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jaunty
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sprightly, gay
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fractious
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quarrelsome
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ostentatious
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showy
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importune
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ask urgently
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incontrovertible
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undeniable
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surrepitious
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stealthy, accomplished by secret
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haven
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place of safety
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subjugate
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conquer
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ultimate
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final
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eventuate
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to result finally
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emit
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to give off
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subterranean
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underground
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viable
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practicable, workable
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premise
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grounds for a conclusion
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jeopardize
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endanger
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incredulous
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skeptical
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permeate
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to spread through
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propotious
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favorable
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repress
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to put down
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cryptic
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puzzling
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inchoate
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in an early age
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aspire
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to strive for
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inveigh
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irritate
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nettle
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attack verbally
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overt
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open
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relegate
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assign to an inferior position
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supine
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lying on the back
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mammoth
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huge
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repulse
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drive back
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havoc
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destroy
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raze
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ruin
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lethal
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deadly
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scurry
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run hastily
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incisive
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acute = having a sharp point/tip
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precipitate
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hasten
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stentorian
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loud
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singular
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extraordinary
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valor
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courage
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sinecure
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soft job
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complicity
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partnership in wrongdoing
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liquidation
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disposal of, killing
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recant
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withdraw previous statements
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culpable
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deserving blame
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persevere
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persist
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extrinsic
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historic, turning point of a period
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declaim
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speak loudly
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fetter
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to hamper
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